0
POPSMHA | Health sleuths uncover autism hot spots Clusters of children diagnosed with autism tend to occur in places where parents are older, more educated, and white, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The study found no link to local pollution or chemical exposures " which some consumer groups have cited as possible causes of autism clusters. ___ MHA | My HEALTH ALERTS ___ NPR Audio Story | http://npr.org.twi.bz/X ___ iWeb Blog | http://me.twi.bz/n ___ IWeb Home | http://me.twi.bz/X | http://altacities.com
0
POPSPQ | Alan Binder "You can't hammer a nail over the Internet." -- Alan Binder ___ LISTEN to this story | http://npr.org.twi.bz/V ___ MATTHEW CRAWFORD | A philosopher / mechanic destroys the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with one’s hands. Shop Class as Soulcraft brings alive an experience that was once quite common, but now seems to be receding from society: making and fixing things. Those of us who sit in an office often feel a lack of connection to the material world, a sense of loss, and find it difficult to say exactly what we do all day. For anyone who felt hustled off to college, then to the cubicle, against their own inclinations and natural bents, Shop Class as Soulcraft seeks to restore the honor of the manual trades as a life worth choosing. ___ http://www.matthewbcrawford.com/ ___ http://altacities.com
0
POPSMyNPR | A radio legend retires His voice is far more familiar than his name, but you should catch this story about the "retirement" of NPR legend Carl Kasell. For those of us who, like him, started our careers in the 1970s-80s, these stories are becoming all too common. ___ http://google.twi.bz/Vt ___ "I look out the window in the morning sometimes, and the sun is rising, and the people are going to work," Kasell said. "I look at Washington as being that big, sleeping giant, just stretching and waking up, and going about its business. And to know that I'm working in the capital of the most powerful nation in the world " I feel good about that."
0
POPSMyNPR | TV Decade? Or was this the internet decade? Most of you know that I am an NPR fanatic and love to listen to their programs while doing my blogging tasks. Here is a recent clip where the author claims that this was the TV decade, but I am not really sure. What do you think?
0
POPSVictoria Kennedy My late husband, Ted Kennedy, was passionate about health-care reform. It was the cause of his life. He believed that health care for all our citizens was a fundamental right, not a privilege, and that this year the stars -- and competing interests -- were finally aligned to allow our nation to move forward with fundamental reform. He believed that health-care reform was essential to the financial stability of our nation's working families and of our economy as a whole. @lta | Ted Kennedy http://nytimes.twi.bz/ld @lta | Victoria Kennedy http://google.twi.bz/xs
0
POPSHrvatsko engleski rječnik Prevedi.net je englesko-hrvatski i hrvatsko-engleski rječnik. Kako biste pronašli riječ koju tražite, upišite ju u gornje polje te odaberite smjer prevođenja (engleski → hrvatski ili hrvatski → engleski) i kliknite na Gumb za traženje riječi.
2
POPSSunday 11/22/09: Oakland Taco Truck Tour Numero Dos — don't miss it! The first Taco Truck Tour was a lot of fun. If you're in Oakland on Sunday and have a bike, I highly encourage you to come join the ride. I will point out again (oh so modestly) that the two people sitting down in the center of the photo, behind the dark blue bike, are {{Spiritualmonkey}} and me. :-D
0
POPS What's Taking So Long? To gain a better insight on these goings on of the US Courts please click on the link. I'd rather have 1,000 words to clip, than 1K characters, but, oh well.Read on, if you please.
9
POPSDon't be surprised the media elite sided with Fox 
The point's neither complex nor subtle. In this country, journalists don't sponsor or participate in partisan political events. Maybe in Venezuela or China, but in the United States, no. Explaining to the New York Times, deputy White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said, "We simply decided to stop abiding by the fiction, which is aided and abetted by the mainstream press, that Fox is a traditional news organization." Quantcast Yet neither the Times nor most "mainstream" pundits evaluated the claim on its merits. Most pretended not to grasp the White House's point, and then went straight to the aiding and abetting. Many invoked the ghost of Richard Nixon. Why, to criticize Fox, claimed the Washington Post's Ruth Marcus and Charles Krauthammer, was downright "Nixonian." NPR's Ken Rudin recalled "what Nixon and Agnew did with their enemies list." So did CNN's Anderson Cooper. Rudin subsequently apologized for the "boneheaded" comparison; Cooper didn't.
4
POPS"The Family" - Fundamentalism, Friends In High Places Headquartered in Washington, D.C. at a place known as the "C Street Center" or "Fellowship House," this 1890 townhouse, located behind the Madison Annex of the Library of Congress and near the United States Capitol, has 12 bedrooms, nine bathrooms, five living rooms, four dining rooms, three offices, a kitchen, and a small "chapel". The property is exempt from real property taxes because it is classified as a "special purpose" use. District of Columbia law exempts from taxation "buildings belonging to religious corporations or societies primarily and regularly used for religious worship, study, training, and missionary activities" and "buildings belonging to organizations which are charged with the administration, coordination, or unification of activities, locally or otherwise, of institutions or organizations entitled to exemption."
0
POPSChina Smack Netizens Like Hummer Deal? Not So Much! Somewhere I found an art series on the "Bummer" but can't remember where now. Hummer has always been a strange deal. Every time I see one I laugh. It may be appropriate that a wannabe-famous Chinese firm bought the wannabe-taken-seriously-brand. Main reason for posting this is to introduce folks to China Smack, a strange and interesting look into the Chinese tech and monied class. A strange and bizarre mix of topics with comments by netizens after each story. Sort of like putting the National Enquirer, Fox News, CNN and NPR together in one place.
2
POPS2009-ConceptOfTroopMoraleDiscoveredByMedia This year PBS,et al,deliver empathetic stories on service personnel. WOW.And to think that they were either poor unwitting victims or outright soldiers of the evil empire before Obama came in. Amazing the mass transformation.
3
POPSObama's War PBS Premiere October 13th As the debate in Washington intensifies, FRONTLINE reports the high stakes on the ground in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Martin Smith (The War Briefing) embeds with the Marines of Echo Company for an up-close look at Obama's counterinsurgency strategy. Obama's War airs Tues, Oct 13 on PBS. Video (24:46) Warning: This video contains graphic language and imagery http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/?utm_campaign=ObamasWar&utm_medium=BlogAds&utm_source=Image
7
POPSGold will explode...listen to the interview
Monday, September 28, 2009 Gold will explode , wall street is a casino like Las Vegas Gerald Celente These are not my leaders they could not lead me across the street , Gerald Celente on King World News 23 Sept 2009 The white shoe boys and bankers of wall street have spoiled this country it is the Goldman gang the Merrill Lynch mob the biggest bank robbery in world history but the banks are doing the robbing ...LOL... Gerald Celente’s on-time trend forecasts, vibrant style, articulate delivery and vivid public presence makes him a favorite of major media. Celente’s up-to-the-minute analysis on a broad spectrum of topics are widely sought by: The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Fox News, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, 48 Hours, cable and radio news including CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, BBC, MSNBC, CNBC, NPR. Gerald Celente is often quoted and featured in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Tod
5
POPSThe Rise of the Uncouth Hypocrites. It's just that now it's their ox that's being gored and with the internet, bloggers, and "un-named sources" there is no hiding anymore.
8
POPSOne of Many Nudges to Communism The case is made eloquently in the following postings: At Objectivist Individualist.com Mark Lloyd - Obama's Diversity Officer at the FCC ...and as The Examiner points out: Loyd wants public broadcasting to be the dominant force in radio, overshadowing commercial stations. And, as we have cited before, he would do this by forcing commercial radio stations to pay a fee equal to their entire operating cost to the government in order to directly benefit NPR. And finally: CNS News has the insight and philosophy behind these people Inspired by Saul Alinsky, FCC 'Diversity' Chief Calls for ‘Confrontational Movement’ to Give Public Broadcasting Dominant Role
1
POPSA LITTLE INSIGHT ON CROWS FROM NPR This is unbelievable. Anyone who thinks human beings are above all the other Earthly animals will need to rethink that notion. One thing for sure, the Evolutionary Process of other animals is catching up to us.
0
POPSLibby Gill Brief Bio Libby held senior management positions in public relations and communications at Sony, Universal and Turner Broadcasting, as well as being the branding brain behind the launch of the Dr. Phil Show.
3
POPSRecommended Reading: Much Of Afghan Drug Money Going To 'Our Friends'
"The cost of this may well go beyond the effect on the heroin shipments. When we sat down this week with Amin Tarzi, director of Middle East Studies at the Marine Corps University and a native Afghan, he said that the United States has lost credibility with the Afghan populace by allying itself with warlords who have been known across Afghanistan for many years as criminals. We have, he says, handed a golden issue to the Taliban. They first took power in the 1990's by charging that the existing government was corrupt. Now they can say it again. (Steve Inskeep co-hosts Morning Edition. This is the first in a series of "recommended reading" posts we plan that highlight stories NPR hosts have heard, read or seen that they think are worth noting.)" When you realise that the CIA are indirectly (plausible deniability) responsible for Al Qaeda's actions,and that Bin Laden was and still is a CIA asset, who was sent in by them during the cold war to destabilise Russia, then it makes a